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“This one was really hard, we had massive arguments”: Radiohead on the making of Hail To The Thief, the record that got away from them

The story of the art-rock trailblazers misfiring sixth album, one that even the band themselves confess is "a lower part of the curve".

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“It’s a preamp, but it’s got the biggest distortion I’ve ever heard”: Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell reveals the secret weapon on his pedalboard – a plain box with one knob and oodles of gain

Owning one doesn’t come cheap, but the left-field pedal has been at the center of the band’s monumental rise to fame

Guitar World

“I cherish the band, but I don’t expect anyone else to”: it’s nine years since the last Radiohead record and I accidentally got the only interview for it

As A Moon Shaped Pool turns 9, this writer recollects a night on the tiles in Paris with Thom Yorke & co.

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“It pretty much half killed us. Whether the band would continue was in the balance”: The Radiohead album that almost broke up the band, turned the music industry on its head - and became their best record

“It’s our classic album - our Transformer, our Revolver, our Hunky Dory”

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“It pretty much half killed us. Whether the band would continue was very much in the balance”: The Radiohead album that almost broke up the band, turned the music industry on its head - and became their best record

“It’s our classic album - our Transformer, our Revolver, our Hunky Dory”

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The threat of Trump is vast. But don’t underestimate incremental change

The work of making change is difficult. Most of it is boring, unsexy and, at best, modestly incremental from day to day

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“I was sitting in the studio, thinking, ‘I don’t think we can pull this together, we’re just going to have to split up’”: how Radiohead pulled themselves out of the depths to make The Bends

The Oxford quintet’s era-defining second record turns 30 this month. Here’s the story of how it came together.

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“Occasionally, you get to play something that makes you think in a totally different way”: The Circle Guitar is a wild “hyperinstrument” that’s revolutionizing the guitar – and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien has already bought one

The self-strumming “rhythm machine” has won over some notable fans as it looks to go beyond the physical limitations of a traditional guitar

Guitar World

‘It commemorates collective moments’: Radiohead through the eyes of Colin Greenwood

Since 2003, the bassist has taken his camera to the studio and on stage to capture his bandmates at work. Now, a beautiful new book shares his intimate, delicate pictures of one of Britain’s best-loved groups

The Guardian - UK

Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood gives fans hope for the band’s future

Bandmembers have been working on their respective solo projects since the release of Radiohead’s most recent album, ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’, in 2016

The Independent UK

“We did some rehearsals about two months ago in London... And it was really fun, we had a really good time”: Colin Greenwood reveals that Radiohead are playing together again

Radiohead are back together playing

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“It has become impossible to continue business”: Fernandes Guitars – the company behind iconic electrics played by Billie Joe Armstrong, Kirk Hammett and Robert Fripp – has filed for bankruptcy

The Japanese firm, which was also behind the Sustainer pickup and Burny guitars, was founded in 1969

Guitar World

“There were so many demos that sounded like major songs, but that one was near the top of the list": The making of the 1995 Radiohead classic that became one of their all-time greatest anthems

Producer John Leckie: "It sounded instantly like a big track"

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"It was a dark place, and we realised we didn't want to go back there": is Radiohead's King Of Limbs not just their most underrated record, but the one that helped save them?

Thom Yorke: "It was an experiment. I didn't think we really genuinely thought anything would come out of it, certainly not an entire record"

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20 Radiohead guitar chords you need to know

Voicings that will open your mind and change the way you play guitar

The Guardian - UK

The Smile: Wall of Eyes review – agile, tuneful second album

With strings and psychedelia added to the mix, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s ever-evolving side project feels as dynamic now as their day job

Guitar World

“It’s the only delay that can make those OK Computer sounds”: Ed O’Brien explains why one BOSS pedal was integral to Radiohead’s landmark ’90s albums

The Bends and OK Computer wouldn’t sound the same without the BOSS DD-5 – and Radiohead’s resident effects expert is already eyeing up some newly launched delays for the band’s next outing

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“Despite what people might think, Radiohead are not rock” – Ed O’Brien explains why U2 can crank it up while he is trying to turn the volume down

After over three decades in the biz, O'Brien says he is fighting against stage volume, scaling down and embracing smaller tube amps in search of the sweet spot for his sound

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Karma Police: the story behind the Radiohead classic that started life as a tour bus catchphrase

"Sometimes the best stuff happens when you’re not even listening at all”

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The true meaning behind Radiohead's Creep, the song that made, and nearly broke, Thom Yorke's band

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood hated his band's debut single so much that he tried to sabotage and kill it: when Creep became Radiohead's biggest anthem, Thom Yorke often wished that the guitarist had succeeded

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How Radiohead single Creep became a 90s classic despite being 'deleted' by their label

Creep was a monster that charted around the world and gave a British act a rare hit in the United States. But when the single was first released, the BBC refused to play it and Radiohead's label eventually gave up on it.

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